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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lest some or all of his august ancestors might have died a second time, cursing him upon his flypaper, frightened Yozo Fuyubayashi caused hired priests to perform, last week, loud, strenuous prayers, whereafter he made over to his son his prospering flypaper shop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Metempsychosis | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

Ladies Must Dress. After repulsing the improper advances of her employer's son, a shopgirl (Virginia Valli) marries the honest poor boy whom she has captivated with her girl friend's sartorial assistance. This merry plot is a frayed and apparently accidental ribbon tied to the wrist of a fashion show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 2, 1928 | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

...Pioneer Woman and to be erected, at the expense of E. W. Marland, President of the Marland Oil Co., near Ponca City, Okla. They had been touring U. S. cities so that those who saw them might say which one they liked the best. Last week George Marland, son to E. W. Marland announced that one of the twelve women had been selected for this honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pioneers | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

Benjamin was Jacob's youngest son (there were eleven others). But Benjamin was not his original name. Rachel, before she died in giving him birth, called him Benoni, which in Hebrew means "son of my sorrow." Widower Jacob renamed the baby Benjamin; "Child of my right hand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Red Hats | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

More interesting than such statements was what the prosecution chief said. The prosecution chief was Charles Phelps Taft II, Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, son of the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. It had been his first case of nationwide prominence and during it he had constantly been baited, badgered, insulted by Lawyer-'Legger Remus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: American Justice | 1/2/1928 | See Source »

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